Form 6 have been looking at poetry from the First World War in English which really captured the children’s interest. At their request on Tuesday we had a focus day on WW1 and looked at the causes of the war, the conditions in the trenches and focused on a solider from the War Memorial. The pupils went to the memorial, chose a name and we used the online Census to find out about the life of the soldier, their family, occupation and where they lived. The class found this fascinating and all agreed it helped them to understand the soldiers were real people who have families like us. They were shocked to see how young some of the boys, how they would lie about their ages to go off and fight. We also continued our local history project and the pupils had a wonderful time walking around Maldon collecting pictures and testing the route of their own Childs Heritage Walk of Maldon.